Laperrière Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Laperrière Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laperrière Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada931:396,18935,081
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Laperriere (2,863) are calculated separately.

Laperrière Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Laperrière Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Laperrière occurs in Canada more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Laperriere. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Laperrière? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,828,462nd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. Laperrière occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Laperrière live; 93 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Gallo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in Canada, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 396,189. In Canada it is most frequent in: Quebec, where 94 percent live, Ontario, where 4 percent live and British Columbia, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Canada this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Laperrière
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis